Penholder.



764,060. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

L. LEMOS.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION YILED NOV.27.1903

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PENHOLDER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 764,060, dated July 5, 1904;.

Application filed November 27, 1903. Serial No. 182,937. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON LEMOS, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved penholder, the object of my invention being to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple and into which the pen can be inserted and from which it can be removed With the greatest facility.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for the above ends, hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved penholder with the pen therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the pen detached. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the end of the penholder with the plug and pen therein. Fig. I is an enlarged perspective view of the plug removed. the line A A of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the stem of the penholder, having a tapering socket 2 in the end in which the pen is held. 3 represents the pen, which is held within said socket by means of a tapering plug 4:. Said plug is reduced or cut away on one side, as shown at 5, to provide an interstice between the plug and the stem to receive the pen. Opposite said reduced portion the plug has a lateral flange or shoulder 6 extending beyond the edge of the socket, so that by pressing with the thumb upward against the lower surface of said shoulder the plug is easily pushed out of the socket, the pen falling out at the same time. The socket 2 has also a circular shoulder 9 to limit the extent of insertion of the pen.

A further improvement resides in providing means for permanently attaching the plug to the stem, this being of special importance for penholders used in schools, as in such cases the plug would be very apt to be lost if completely detachable. For this purpose there is attached to the inner end of the plug a wire Fig. 5 is a cross-section on loop 7, and through said loop passes a transverse pin 8, embedded in the stem. The position of the pin with reference to the loop is such as to allow the plug to move freely into its positions, in which the pen is held or released.

-My invention is not limited to the precise means here shown for permanently attaching the plug to the stem, as such means may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim- 1. A penholder comprising a stern having a socket and a plug in said socket reduced on one side to provide'an interstice between said plug and stem to receive a pen, and having a flange or shoulder opposite to said reduced side extending beyond the edge of the socket, substantially as described.

2. A penholder comprising a stem having a tapering socket and a tapering plug in said socket reduced on one side to provide an interstice between said plug and stem to receive a pen, and having a flange or shoulder opposite to said reduced side extending beyond the edge of the socket, substantially as described.

3. A penholder comprising a stem having a socket and a plug in said socket for retaining the pen therein, and a transverse pin fixedly secured in said socket and movably attaching the plug therein, substantially as described.

4. A penholder comprising a stem having a socket and a plug in said socket for retaining the pen therein, said plug having attached thereto a loop, and a transverse pin in said socket through said loop, substantially as described.

5. Apenholder comprising a stern having a tapering socket and a tapering plug in said socket for retaining the pen therein, said plug having attached thereto a loop, and a transverse pin in said socket through said loop, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEON LEMOS.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BEssIE GORFINKEL. 

